Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Flowering peach trees ltopl and red budsibottorn rightl adjacent to the SFA baseball field bathed West First Street in a riot of color during early April. Bluebonnets on the North Hill behind the building marked thefirst time intwo yearsthat the stateflower had carpeted the hill, a beautification project by the 1982 Student Council's North Hill Gang. 5. X.. by Senior Nadelyn Alexander danced at the Senior Talent Show on May 13. Nadelyn and a group of girls performed to Beat It by Michael Jackson. 1-4-Easter Break 2-City Council Elections 6-7-STEP Tests 8-Stepper Tryouts 22-Spring Thing from 2-5 p.m. 27-Cultural Showcase Assembly during second period. 30-Mayorial run-off electiong Place 4 Seat run-off. Dpening 7-SAT at Austin High 10-Choir Concert in the Cafeteria at 7:30. 13-Senior Talent Show Assembly during second period. 18-19-Senior finals 20-Senior Picnic 21-Senior Prom at the Hyatt from 8:30-12:30. 22-Baccalaureate Service in Austin High Gym. 24-Graduation Ceremonies at Burger Center at 5 p.m. 24-26-Undergraduate finals

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5' l is k so i . eww 5 - up . t .. X M if ,- X t ' , C is A - .f 3 , , -xx 4 A . S yt , -'s -1 gg img, Q is-UM. i L1 ' l A 'i X g g gg. .. , Ati .. 1 1 empty u Workmen plant Spanish Oak trees. The trees were a gift from the senior class of '82. Inset: The Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon led the march on Feb. 19. Chrissy Looney leads a cheer during cheerleader elections Mar. 24 2-Ground Hog Day 2-Junior Historian Tea in 3-Senior Meeting over cap and the Hall of Honor gowns 4-Gymnastics assembly 4-Pop singer Karen Carpenter died 11-Cultural Showcase Assembly of a heartattack rm H 12-20-Spring Break 8-Band concert and Mexican food 23-PTSA Drug and Alcohol Program dinner 24-Cheerleader tryouts 9-Science seminar in cafeteria 30-Reagan's Arms Control Initiative H1-Oak Hill annexed Feb- 5 1-30-City Council campaigns 14-VaIentine's Day 17-18-Cabaret show I8-Baseball assembly 19-Billy Squier at the Frank Erwin Center Ku Klux Klan march 7

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JCURNAL , BY MELISSA IIUGIIITY Perhaps the most auspicious news event of the year occurred on the final day of classes Monday, lVlay 23. On that day, a visiting team of college professors representing the United States Department of Education visited the campus to evaluate the school. The evaluation was part of the nationwide process initiated by the Department of Education to identify Exemplary Public Secondary Schools of the United States. ...,...l..u..,.l..n pg. 10 is gs? SJ- , 9 AUSTIN Top left: Tylenol workers begin packag' g th ir product in tamper-proof containers. Top right: Austin firefighters examine damage to Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby's apartment that caught fire Feb. 6. Bottom left: D d Russell l mputer prog mming and usage in a new AISD plan. Bottom right: Teachers Phyllis Rothgeb Vernice Smith, A C ll d B M l' p t p t th C lt I Sh A bly Ap 27 . T l 9